Sitting in the dark and watching two hours of trailers, surrounded by total strangers, is an interesting way to spend your evening. But that’s essentially what Gamescom Opening Night Live is. I was lucky enough to attend the Gamescom kick-off event in person this year, so I’ve pulled together a quick list of my personal highlights for you.
Of course, different people will cheer for different things! It was a fun night, and I’ll bring you impressions from the show floor in the weeks ahead. We’ll also have loads of developer interviews on our gaming YouTube channel . Check out my picks from ONL 2024 below! Gamescom Opening Night Live recap 2024 — My 16 highlights from the show Borderlands 4 was revealed with a cool CGI trailer.
Somehow this didn’t leak! Industry legend Peter Molyneux unveiled Masters of Albion - an open world god game with survival by night mechanics! Looks like fun. Deadpool director Tim Miller got emotional as he revealed Secret Level , an Amazon Prime TV show. It’s an anthology series inspired by his love of games, told in the style of those epic cinematic trailers.
Coming 10th December, it seems to include Kratos and Pac-Man (unless I hallucinated that). 9th December 2024 was confirmed as the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle release date on Xbox and PC. The game is also coming to PS5 in spring 2025.
Troy Baker narrated a neat new trailer. Goat Simulator Remastered had such a silly, surprising trailer. It kept the crowd guessing at which rema.